Lap-ring.



E. BUNIPF.

LAP RING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1912.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

WITNESSES E b vyi wk N UNITE STATES IirglENT OFFICE.

EGBERT BUNIFF, OF PATTERSON, LOUISIANA.

LAP-RING.

Application filed June 13, 1912.

[0 all 10/10/11. it may concern Be it known that I, EGBERT BUNIFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Patterson, in the parish of St. Mary and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lap-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in split or lap ring attachment for tape lines and it has for its object the provision, in connection with a tape line provided with a measuring scale, of a split or two-part ring, the sections of which are pivotally connected, one section being adapted for use in attaching the line to a wall or other point to which the tape line is to be applied, the said section being provided with a lug or extension serving as a means whereby the device may be readily driven into a wall or other structure and being also provided with an apertured extension to which a plumb weight can be applied when desired.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forms a part of this application and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of one end of a tape line having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the de vice applied to the wall, and Fig. 4 is an edge view with a plumb weight attached thereto.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral, 1 is a tape line of ordinary construction provided with the usual measuring scale.

2 represents one of the sections of my device secured by a suitable clip 3 to the end of the tape line.

One surface of the section 2 of the device is beveled as shown and its extreme outer Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27 1914.

Serial No. 703,546.

end is provided with outwardly extended lugs or ears 4, l.

5 represents a part of the device which is beveled or wedge-shape, having the inclination of its lower face corresponding with the beveled upper face of the section 2 attached to the tape line. The two parts or sections 2 and 5 are pivotally connected by means of a pivot or bolt 7 passed through openings provided therefor in the ears or pintles 4 and the sections are held normally in contact by means of a helical spring 8 surrounding the bolt 7 and interposed between the lugs 4:.

9 is an extension on the section 5 and is provided with a transverse opening 10 within which opening may be secured, if desired, a plumb weight 11.

The section 5 of the device is preferably made of steel or other material sufficiently hard to permit of its sharp 0r beveled end being driven into the wall or other structure to which the line is to be temporarily attached when in use.

From the foregoing description, the operation of the device will be readily understood. lVhen it is desired to use the device in connection with a wall or other structure for the purpose of ascertaining the horizontal measurement, the upper section 5 is turned upon its pivot and the sharp end of the same is driven into the wall either in the space intervening between the bricks or stone (in case the wall is of masonry) or into the wall itself if of wood. The end of the measure will thus be securely held in place so that the artisan in using the tape will not require the services of another person as would otherwise be the case to hold its end while the tape line is being used.

When it is desired to use the device in connection with a plumb weight, the weight can be readily attached to the eye formed for this purpose in the extended lug portion 9, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the draw ings.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The herein described tape line attachment comprising tWo beveled and apertured secas shown and described and for the purpose tions, one section being provided at one of I specified.

its ends with means for attachment to a In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my tape line, the opposite end being pivotally signature in the presence of two Witnesses. connected to the other section, a spring EGBERT BUNIFF.

adapted to hold the sections normally in Witnesses: contact one of the sections being provided M. L. WILSON, with a perforated extension, substantially A. BLUM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Baton, Washington, D. G. 

